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Tried to update my wife's Nexus 10 tonight. It's unlocked and rooted, formerly on the stock version of Jelly Bean. I thought this would be an easy update since it was stock jellybean to kitkat with the official OTA file but I guess I was wrong. Got the OTA update notification so I allowed it to reboot and install. CWM Touch Recovery picked it up and I told it to install the unsigned zip. Got near the end and it had an error. Now it's stuck in boot (appears to be Kit Kat boot). Just sits on the 4 colored circles going in/out in the middle of the screen.
I need to fix this without wiping data. It's her only computer that she uses daily so she's got a million things on there she uses all the time. If I have to wipe data, she'll be pissed (and I'll lose my hard earned game saves).
Attached is a picture of the error. I've got WUG's toolkit if it's necessary to use to fix this. Any ideas what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks.
Stinger2300 said:
Tried to update my wife's Nexus 10 tonight. It's unlocked and rooted, formerly on the stock version of Jelly Bean. I thought this would be an easy update since it was stock jellybean to kitkat with the official OTA file but I guess I was wrong. Got the OTA update notification so I allowed it to reboot and install. CWM Touch Recovery picked it up and I told it to install the unsigned zip. Got near the end and it had an error. Now it's stuck in boot (appears to be Kit Kat boot). Just sits on the 4 colored circles going in/out in the middle of the screen.
I need to fix this without wiping data. It's her only computer that she uses daily so she's got a million things on there she uses all the time. If I have to wipe data, she'll be pissed (and I'll lose my hard earned game saves).
Attached is a picture of the error. I've got WUG's toolkit if it's necessary to use to fix this. Any ideas what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks.
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I have a rooted/unlocked Nexus 10, I used wugfresh's kit also. I got the OTA update last night. it installed. CWM never came up or did anything. During one of the boots after the green droid bot was saying "installing" the boot finished, but my green bot is now on his side. stomach open and it says "Error" in red bold letter.
I had to go to work, so I couldnt trouble shoot, but power off/on and soft reset (power+volume up select reset) didnt help. always comes to that "error".
I have data that is also not currently backed up with TBpro. hindsight I should have made sure I turned the scheduler on.
So I'm stuck also. not sure how to proceed. Got one recommendation to flash stock back on. But I think that will for sure wipe all my data. And beyond that, I dont know how, unless WUGs kit will do that.
Your best bet it is to sideload. Grab the OTA and the FULL 4.4
Pull the recovery.img from the full 4.4 rar (its in the zip), fastboot flash it, reboot into bootloader, go to recovery and sideload the OTA and that should restore it just fine
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47656450&postcount=8
my detailed instructions there for sideloading
planet_x69 said:
Your best bet it is to sideload. Grab the OTA and the FULL 4.4
Pull the recovery.img from the full 4.4 rar (its in the zip), fastboot flash it, reboot into bootloader, go to recovery and sideload the OTA and that should restore it just fine
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47656450&postcount=8
my detailed instructions there for sideloading
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I was about to say. whaaaaat? then saw the link with some details. Never done that stuff before, just used other tools kits, like wugs. But doesnt sound to bad. Will try when I get home. I presume when you say into a adb directory, its something on the desktop pc you are connected to. outside of perhaps some drivers, do I need other applications on the PC to facilitate the adb stuff you mention?
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I was about to say. whaaaaat? then saw the link with some details. Never done that stuff before, just used other tools kits, like wugs. But doesnt sound to bad. Will try when I get home. I presume when you say into a adb directory, its something on the desktop pc you are connected to. outside of perhaps some drivers, do I need other applications on the PC to facilitate the adb stuff you mention?
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Well if you are unfamiliar with the process you will need to get the android SDK installed or find one of the pre-packaged current adb loads. It's very simple, get this package here: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Nexus10/Nexus10RootNew.zip# (yes its a crappy ad link but hey the guy packaged it all up so...).
If you are on a PC extract these to a folder of your choice.
Open file manager
Navigage to the folder you extracted the files to
on the left pan select the folder, press SHIFT and Right Click mouse, then select "Open command window here"
You can now follow my instructions from the other page - Do the following below FIRST
If you are prompted to accept security allowance on your device do so. you will likely only see this once you are back into the Android OS not in recovery.
This folder has all the basics you need to fastboot and run adb.
Connect your device to your pc and run >fastboot reboot-bootloader.
If your device restarts and goes into the bootloader you can relax and follow my instructions.
Hope this helps.
One other thing, that su zip is dated, you will need to flash the 1.51 version and you should be good to complete root process.
Wow, this seems about 3 miles over my head but I guess I'll dive in and try it. Thanks for the info. I'm sure I'll be back with problems/questions.
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Well if you are unfamiliar with the process you will need to get the android SDK installed or find one of the pre-packaged current adb loads. It's very simple, get this package here: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Nexus10/Nexus10RootNew.zip# (yes its a crappy ad link but hey the guy packaged it all up so...).
If you are on a PC extract these to a folder of your choice.
Open file manager
Navigage to the folder you extracted the files to
on the left pan select the folder, press SHIFT and Right Click mouse, then select "Open command window here"
You can now follow my instructions from the other page - Do the following below FIRST
If you are prompted to accept security allowance on your device do so. you will likely only see this once you are back into the Android OS not in recovery.
This folder has all the basics you need to fastboot and run adb.
Connect your device to your pc and run >fastboot reboot-bootloader.
If your device restarts and goes into the bootloader you can relax and follow my instructions.
Hope this helps.
One other thing, that su zip is dated, you will need to flash the 1.51 version and you should be good to complete root process.
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OK, I downloaded the packaged linked above and extracted it to the desktop. Then I used file manager to "open command window here". Where do I get su zip 1.51? I tried to google a link but they all seemed newer (1.75 for example). Does it matter if it's 1.51 exactly or can it be any version 1.51 or newer? One last question regarding su zip, does that need to be updated after this whole process is complete and I'm up and running again, or does it need to be done before I move on to the instructions you linked to above? Thanks.
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OK, I downloaded the packaged linked above and extracted it to the desktop. Then I used file manager to "open command window here". Where do I get su zip 1.51? I tried to google a link but they all seemed newer (1.75 for example). Does it matter if it's 1.51 exactly or can it be any version 1.51 or newer? One last question regarding su zip, does that need to be updated after this whole process is complete and I'm up and running again, or does it need to be done before I move on to the instructions you linked to above? Thanks.
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You don't need to root at all but the updated supersu 1.75 will be just fine as its universal. You can get the official from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/368/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.75.zip
You will install that ONLY after you have installed the OTA's and your custom recovery and only if you want root.
good luck!
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Your best bet it is to sideload. Grab the OTA and the FULL 4.4
Pull the recovery.img from the full 4.4 rar (its in the zip), fastboot flash it, reboot into bootloader, go to recovery and sideload the OTA and that should restore it just fine
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47656450&postcount=8
my detailed instructions there for sideloading
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In this link, you said to do the following:
Pull the full stock 4.4 image from here : https://developers.google.com/androi...mages#mantaray
open it and pull out from the zip in the rar the recovery.img, move a copy to your adb folder along with a copy of your custom recovery ( for discussion sake I'll use twrp.recovery.img)
Put copy of the patch in the adb folder and rename it to a short name like krt16s.zip
I got the full stock 4.4 image downloaded, extracted it, extracted the zip file inside (image-mantaray-krt16s.zip) and that provided me with "recovery.img" you mentioned above.
Now I have 2 problems, where is this "adb folder" you say to put the recovery.img in, and where is the custom recovery? I assume it's on the N10 after I connect it to my laptop. Is there a preferred custom recovery I should use? I saw mention of TWRP not working with Kit Kat elsewhere. Not sure if that is dated info or not.
Lastly, just to confirm this is true, none of this whole process will wipe my data correct?
planet_x69 said:
You don't need to root at all but the updated supersu 1.75 will be just fine as its universal. You can get the official from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/368/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.75.zip
You will install that ONLY after you have installed the OTA's and your custom recovery and only if you want root.
good luck!
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OK, downloaded that and will hold it for later. Hopefully after the questions I just asked are answered, I'll have enough info to proceed. Thanks for the help so far.
Stinger2300 said:
In this link, you said to do the following:
Pull the full stock 4.4 image from here : https://developers.google.com/androi...mages#mantaray
open it and pull out from the zip in the rar the recovery.img, move a copy to your adb folder along with a copy of your custom recovery ( for discussion sake I'll use twrp.recovery.img)
Put copy of the patch in the adb folder and rename it to a short name like krt16s.zip
I got the full stock 4.4 image downloaded, extracted it, extracted the zip file inside (image-mantaray-krt16s.zip) and that provided me with "recovery.img" you mentioned above.
Now I have 2 problems, where is this "adb folder" you say to put the recovery.img in, and where is the custom recovery? I assume it's on the N10 after I connect it to my laptop. Is there a preferred custom recovery I should use? I saw mention of TWRP not working with Kit Kat elsewhere. Not sure if that is dated info or not.
Lastly, just to confirm this is true, none of this whole process will wipe my data correct?
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Correct - if you SIDELOAD the OTA it will UPGRADE and retain all data and application settings etc...
If you run the 4.4 update from the factory image it will WIPE ALL. So do not do that ....just pull the recover.img from it and get rid of the rest.
If you downloaded this: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/N...10RootNew.zip#
and extracted it to a new folder - do this first!!!
then copy the recovery.img you just extracted from the factory 4.4 rar to the same folder as the adb and fastboot commands
copy the OTA file to same folder and rename it ota.zip to make your life easier
>fastboot reboot-bootloader to validate your computer can see the device and that the next steps will go as planned
If you are now back bootloader then:
>fastboot flash recovery recover.img
wait till its done..will take about 15 seconds tops
>fastboot reboot-bootloader again and go to recovery using the volume buttons
select and enter recovery mode
wait for dead droid to appear
press both Volume UP and Power at same time and you should get the load menu
select "apply updated from adb" and press power after selecting
orange colored type will now appear at the bottom of the screen
on your PC
>adb sideload ota.zip
wait till you see its completed successfully
then reboot
(you can also apply the smaller ota (1.7MB) this same way)
If all went well you have now booted up successfully and see that your ass has been saved from eternal hell from your wife's wrath...
reboot and fastboot flash your favorite custom recovery reboot again to recovery and apply the su update for root access
I hope this helps
You can also read this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-download-and-install-android-4-4-now-krt16o/
You said: "just pull the recover.img from it and get rid of the rest."
So is your instruction from the original link to: "Put copy of the patch in the adb folder and rename it to a short name like krt16s.zip" replaced by the OTA file I renamed to ota.zip in order to retain all data? For reference, krt16s.zip is 390mb, ota.zip is 225mb.
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You said: "just pull the recover.img from it and get rid of the rest."
So is your instruction from the original link to: "Put copy of the patch in the adb folder and rename it to a short name like krt16s.zip" replaced by the OTA file I renamed to ota.zip in order to retain all data? For reference, krt16s.zip is 390mb, ota.zip is 225mb.
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not sure i follow you but from the 4.4 factory image you will need the recovery.img file thats it. You will also need the OTA upgrade that takes you from 4.3 to 4.4. You need the OTA so that you wont lose your wifes data and will upgrade only and not image the device.
I have to leave and wont be back on till later this weekend.
Going well so far...had an issue but figured it out.
Got to sideloading ota.zip, then after it got to 100% it started verifying the update package. Got an error:
'/system/app/BasicDreams.apk" has unexpected contents
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
Now what?
I found this in the Nexus 7 section but not sure if it applies here or if there is a better way, if it's guaranteed to not wipe data, etc.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26
Did you try this solution? I'm stuck on the "Error in /tmp/update.zip" as well. Having the same issues, and I hope to update without loosing data.
No, I haven't tried it as I can't risk losing data by randomly trying stuff I don't understand. I need someone who knows what they are doing to confirm that the steps in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26 won't wipe data or do anything that will require wiping data to finish this process.
have well
Stinger2300 said:
No, I haven't tried it as I can't risk losing data by randomly trying stuff I don't understand. I need someone who knows what they are doing to confirm that the steps in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26 won't wipe data or do anything that will require wiping data to finish this process.
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I just tried it. And it worked. Didn't loose any data.
Flashing the img files, and then proceeding to sideload the OTA zip. Booting didn't take too long, Android then started upgrading ("Optimizing app..."), and booted successfully. It took a while to open de app drawer though... But everything was still there.
Regaining root access is something I'll try later. I'm just happy to have my N7 booting again.
Just a small disclaimer. I don't really know what I'm doing (I kinda like messing around with my device, it's only way to learn something), so I cannot guarantee it will work for you.
Glad it worked for you, it didn't work for me. I got another error after doing the following commands:
Then, run the following commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash system system.img
then I rebooted back to bootloader, then "apply updated from adb" and then from the command line: >adb sideload ota.zip
It again loaded 100% and then started verifying the package. Then I got this error:
Package expects build fingerprint of google/mantaray/manta:4.3/JWR66Y/776638:user/release-keys or google/mantaray/manta:4.4/KRT160/907817:user/release-keys; this device has google/mantaray/manta:4.4/KRT16S/920375:user/release-keys.
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
What a F***ing nightmare...
Why do I apparently have the wrong version?
Hmm, might be the wrong OTA zip idd...
I downloaded mine from here: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/2...ial-update-for-nexus-7-2012-and-nexus-7-2013/
Hello
I am using a nexus 4 and today the kitkat update showed up on was downloaded and their was a notification... I clicked that and it took me to the screen which says that you will update to four point four etc etc.. I clicked reboot and install then it rebooted and said updating system then suddenly it showed me an error there was an Android lying down with a red triangle above it I shut down the phone and rebooted then the phone started up and everything was normal there was no update but my phone works on four point three..
. I use a rooted phone could this be Beal cause of root help
I yes that notification doesn't appear now
If you have a root phone and made changes to the /system partition then the OTA update can fail. You can manually download the OTA package here, read the instruction in the same thread on how to sideload. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Just remember that on rooted phones, there is a possibilty the update fail and you won't be able to boot and require flashing factory image to restore it and losing all your data in the process.
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If you have a root phone and made changes to the /system partition then the OTA update can fail. You can manually download the OTA package here, read the instruction in the same thread on how to sideload. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Just remember that on rooted phones, there is a possibilty the update fail and you won't be able to boot and require flashing factory image to restore it and losing all your data in the process.
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But I did not tamper with system files so I don't think there is a possibility of that.....
The update notification is not sowing up I went to about phone and clicked system updates but now it shows your phone is up to date
Yesterday i got a notification that my KitKat update is ready. I downloaded it restarted the phone as required but the process failed with the below error
/system/lib/hw/power.msm8960.so has unexpected contents
Downloaded the zip file and tried to flash it via TWRP and again got the same error.
Could anybody please let me know the fix. I am rooted with franco kernel r#193
Is the file modified?
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Yesterday i got a notification that my KitKat update is ready. I downloaded it restarted the phone as required but the process failed with the below error
/system/lib/hw/power.msm8960.so has unexpected contents
Downloaded the zip file and tried to flash it via TWRP and again got the same error.
Could anybody please let me know the fix. I am rooted with franco kernel r#193
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Just make sure that you have not modified that file.
Also some people had the same issue and it turned out that they had the file renamed to power.msm8960.so.bak, if so
use a file explorer to rename it back to the original (without .bak), and if that still fails, download the file from the factory image and replace it, then try to flash the zip file.
Suman_Auddy said:
Yesterday i got a notification that my KitKat update is ready. I downloaded it restarted the phone as required but the process failed with the below error
/system/lib/hw/power.msm8960.so has unexpected contents
Downloaded the zip file and tried to flash it via TWRP and again got the same error.
Could anybody please let me know the fix. I am rooted with franco kernel r#193
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same here but i have "framework-res.apk" has unexpected contents.
In order to use OTA, your system files should be stock and unmodified and it looks like you modified that file, my suggestion, is to download the factory image of your current build of 4.3 from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
check what version you have, mine was JWR66Y when I upgraded.
then extract the factory image on your desktop and copy and replace "any" file that you have modded (with TWRPs file manager + ADB), before flashing Kitkat OTA zip, (note: when replacing files make sure that system files you replace have the right permissions e.g. chmod 755)
OR you could flash the Kitkat factory image directly instead of the OTA, ONLY IF you know how to do so without wiping your device's data, remember that this can cause you problems later.
Be careful, I hope you had a nandriod backup, before this happened.
Thanks for all your sugeestions, renaming the file worked for me. Flashing the zip file now via TWRP.
Flashing the zip file failed with error error executing updater binary in zip....any suggestion
Suman_Auddy said:
Flashing the zip file failed with error error executing updater binary in zip....any suggestion
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Please post the whole error message.
I had a hard time finding this information, so thought I would post a new thread!
After you root your phone, even if using standard recovery, the OTA updates will no longer install. You may get the notifications, but after it reboots to install, you will get a failed notification. Even if you uninstall root. This is because if there is any change to the system image at all, the OTA update will fail.
To install it is actually easy, just requires some legwork. I assume you understand what the bootloader is, and what adb and fastboot tools are since your phone is already rooted. If you used a toolkit, there are plenty of guides on XDA on how to install these tools manually.
Step 1 - Collect Needed Files:
Visit the Google System Images page and download the image for your existing ROM. Check your About Device page to get the exact ID, it should say something like LVY48E.
Extract the system.img file so you can flash it later.
Download the OTA image. All OTA images are listed on the Nexus 6 OTA Images thread. Find the file which upgrades "From" your current ROM id. It will only work if from matches your current image version. It will be named something like 2bef78c4a5ec8dbaa3df9d94e78af8622cd2a394.signed-shamu-LVY48F-from-LVY48E.2bef78c4.zip, and this file in particular flashes to the new LVY48F version from LVY48E version.
Step 2 - Flash Stock System Image:
This step replaces your system image with the stock system image. This will not delete your apps or other personal data, only the information stored on the system partition. The only exception is if you rooted and stored any data on this partition. Plug your phone into your computer. There is no way to do this without a PC.
Reboot into bootloader mode either from booting with POWER+VOLDOWN or via adb:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
and flash the image
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash system system.img
At this point your system is stock again (unrooted).
Step 3 - Flash Update Image:
Enter the recovery mode. You can also do this via TWRP but I will cover with stock recovery. Press Volume Up/Down until you see RECOVERY and press power to choose. You are now in recovery.
Press and hold Power and tap Volume Up once to get the recovery menu. Then use Volume Up/Down to select "apply update from ADB" and then Power to select
I had to unplug and plug my phone back in at this point to get it to show up to adb. You can confirm it is visible with the command adb devices.
Apply the OTA update file using the following command, replacing the file name with your own:
Code:
adb sideload 2bef78c4a5ec8dbaa3df9d94e78af8622cd2a394.signed-shamu-LVY48F-from-LVY48E.2bef78c4.zip
After a few minutes the sideload will complete, the phone will reboot and optimize apps, and you can verify the update worked by checking your about system page again.
To root your device again, re-install SuperSU and you're good to go.
I actually just asked about this in the T-Mobile thread, but thanks for making this. My question is, when installing system.img is there anything else you NEED to flash as well, specifically boot and/or cache?
Google has the latest stock image for T-Mobile so I was planning on flashing system and radio, but I wasn't sure if there was anything else required when flashing system.img.
I know I don't want recovery or userdata as that would replace TWRP and all my data, so I'd of course leave those out.
hayzooos said:
I actually just asked about this in the T-Mobile thread, but thanks for making this. My question is, when installing system.img is there anything else you NEED to flash as well, specifically boot and/or cache?
Google has the latest stock image for T-Mobile so I was planning on flashing system and radio, but I wasn't sure if there was anything else required when flashing system.img.
I know I don't want recovery or userdata as that would replace TWRP and all my data, so I'd of course leave those out.
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Nope, system.img was all that I flashed, verified it worked fine with just that.
So you just have to re-root after right?
JTheAppMerchant said:
So you just have to re-root after right?
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Correct
Thanks for this guide. I've been trying to figure out how to do this exact thing. When I do the command:
adb sideload 4458964f84d2e44ecd2c1c31c301d47eec4b080e.signed-shamu-LMY48M-from-LMY48I.4458964f
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it gets to about 50%, then gives a Error message,
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.
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Any suggestions?
falconfox said:
Thanks for this guide. I've been trying to figure out how to do this exact thing. When I do the command:
it gets to about 50%, then gives a Error message,
Any suggestions?
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First try a different USB cable and port.
Thanks for the guide. Does it wipe all the data and files in internal storage?
I did this successfully
torecdude said:
Thanks for the guide. Does it wipe all the data and files in internal storage?
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I wanted to say thanks first of all for putting this up. It helps those rooted users out there that do actually want security patches applied to the system image. To answer the question above, No it does not wipe data or storage if you follow the instructions to only modify /system partition.
A note about the LMY48M update file and the above comments in the OP : This update changes the kernel (in other words), the boot.img file as well. So if you have flashed a non-stock kernel, you will need to go back to stock during the update (and I suggest just leaving it). That is the partition called boot where boot.img lives. It mainly is the kernel. The way to go back to stock (say if you flashed franco with the FKupdate tool and did not do it manually) is to simply do like above and flash it from the factory image he mentions above for 48I file.
You reboot to the bootloader (*I assume you know how*) with power and vol down button. And then the following command after flashing system.img:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
This takes you to stock LMY48I and should allow you to update now to 48M. I learned this by watching the update failure messages as well as noticed it has boot.img changed in the zip file. Hope this helps others. :good:
bitpushr said:
First try a different USB cable and port.
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I'm having the exact same issue/error. Already tried new USB ports and cables.
falconfox said:
When I do the command:
it gets to about 50%, then gives a Error message, Any suggestions?
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confused2much said:
I'm having the exact same issue/error. Already tried new USB ports and cables.
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Open the update .zip file and go to META_INF > COM > GOOGLE > ANDROID. You will find the "updater-script" file.
Open that file using a text editor like notepad or notepad++ and delete the following text; starting from "assert ....... till the semicolon of the last getprop command.
Place that file back into the update .zip file and reflash. This should remove the status 7 error.
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Open the update .zip file and go to META_INF > COM > GOOGLE > ANDROID. You will find the "updater-script" file.
Open that file using a text editor like notepad or notepad++ and delete the following text; starting from "assert ....... till the semicolon of the last getprop command.
Place that file back into the update .zip file and reflash. This should remove the status 7 error.
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I'll try this now, thanks for the response!
Honest question: why would you flash a system image and an ota when you could just flash the new system image?
jhotmann said:
Honest question: why would you flash a system image and an ota when you could just flash the new system image?
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By flashing just the current system image your data stays in tact. Then you can take the OTA, it will see the system image unmodified, and it will update everything for that new version without wiping data.
jase33 said:
Open the update .zip file and go to META_INF > COM > GOOGLE > ANDROID. You will find the "updater-script" file.
Open that file using a text editor like notepad or notepad++ and delete the following text; starting from "assert ....... till the semicolon of the last getprop command.
Place that file back into the update .zip file and reflash. This should remove the status 7 error.
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I do not have the text "assert" anywhere in that file....
jase33 said:
By flashing just the current system image your data stays in tact. Then you can take the OTA, it will see the system image unmodified, and it will update everything for that new version without wiping data.
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Easier to just flash the new system image that gets you to the same place as the OTA.
jhotmann said:
Honest question: why would you flash a system image and an ota when you could just flash the new system image?
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I was wondering this same exact thing, but I was assuming it was because the OTA was hitting people before that matching Google Factory Image was available. This would bring you almost back a version (to being stock) so you could take the OTA.
If the OTA is to match the same Factory Image you can get from Google, I have no idea why you'd do both steps.
Hi, I have the LNX07M, and I don't find it in the google page. Can you help me? please!
hayzooos said:
I was wondering this same exact thing, but I was assuming it was because the OTA was hitting people before that matching Google Factory Image was available. This would bring you almost back a version (to being stock) so you could take the OTA.
If the OTA is to match the same Factory Image you can get from Google, I have no idea why you'd do both steps.
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I think the only reason to do both steps is to apply the update ASAP. If you are ok waiting, then only flash the new system.img. That's definitely what I always do. I don't mind waiting. I have Google Play Services notifications hidden now anyway, so those update notifications don't show up and bug me.
Thanks for the walk through though, @bitpushr, I'm sure many can make use of it.
confused2much said:
I do not have the text "assert" anywhere in that file....
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Honestly, you shouldn't edit those files as that can be dangerous, and disabling the filesystem check can be dangerous, and it probably won't work because then the zip would fail signing verification.
If you followed all of the instructions in OP and still get error 7, try, on top of erasing and flashing the stock system.img, also extract and erase then flash boot.img and recovery.img. You will get error 7 if your recovery and kernel (boot.img) aren't stock.
So, I just downloaded the OTA 3.0 update and it said to reboot to continue? So, I let it reboot but after rebooting, it loaded up the TWRP screen?
What should I do?
Neo3D said:
So, I just downloaded the OTA 3.0 update and it said to reboot to continue? So, I let it reboot but after rebooting, it loaded up the TWRP screen?
What should I do?
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Navigate to /data/user/0/com.nvidia.ota/app_download
There should be your downloaded ota zip and install manually through twrp. If that would be native stock recovery the process of installation would be automatic
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visitor29 said:
Navigate to /data/user/0/com.nvidia.ota/app_download
There should be your downloaded ota zip and install manually through twrp. If that would be native stock recovery the process of installation would be automatic
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Thank you! But, my machine doesn't have a subfolder called, "0" after /data/user/?
Follow the guide i provided below my text. I merely ran through the process, but roughly followed the guide mentioned. Also, What I did was a clean install method
I dont know about visitor29's post, as I didn't go that route. But for me personally, I clean installed the previous 2.1 update, by connecting to my pc, rebooting into fastboot, then sending fastboot commands to flash the images for 2.1. once this reverted back the recovery image to stock. once finished i booted back into shield and allowed it to update, which, with the proper recovery installed, managed to update to 3.0. i then did a factory reset (just to be sure everything was fresh. thats usually how i do major version updates, personally). After that, I went back into fastboot, BOOTED twrp (not flashed recovery) and installed the supersu.zip i previously put on the shield when i did the 3.0 refresh.
Sorry this is just a quick dirty rundown on what i did. Make sure to follow proper steps provided here:
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
http://nvidiashieldzone.com/shield-android-tv/root-shield-android-tv-2/
unvaluablespace said:
Follow the guide i provided below my text. I merely ran through the process, but roughly followed the guide mentioned. Also, What I did was a clean install method
I dont know about visitor29's post, as I didn't go that route. But for me personally, I clean installed the previous 2.1 update, by connecting to my pc, rebooting into fastboot, then sending fastboot commands to flash the images for 2.1. once this reverted back the recovery image to stock. once finished i booted back into shield and allowed it to update, which, with the proper recovery installed, managed to update to 3.0. i then did a factory reset (just to be sure everything was fresh. thats usually how i do major version updates, personally). After that, I went back into fastboot, BOOTED twrp (not flashed recovery) and installed the supersu.zip i previously put on the shield when i did the 3.0 refresh.
Sorry this is just a quick dirty rundown on what i did. Make sure to follow proper steps provided here:
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
http://nvidiashieldzone.com/shield-android-tv/root-shield-android-tv-2/
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Thanks!
I just started looking in all the folders and found the ota.zip file. Mine was located in:
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/data/data/com.nvidia.ota/cache/
However, I have a new problem now. I keep getting this error:
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This package is for "foster" devices; this is a "shieldtablet"
E:Error executing updater library in zip '@/cache/recovery/block.map'
E:Error installing zip file '@/cache/recovery/block.map'
I don't want to do a stock reset because that means I'll have to reinstall Kodi again. I don't want to lose all my preferences and settings in Kodi.
unvaluablespace said:
Follow the guide i provided below my text. I merely ran through the process, but roughly followed the guide mentioned. Also, What I did was a clean install method
I dont know about visitor29's post, as I didn't go that route. But for me personally, I clean installed the previous 2.1 update, by connecting to my pc, rebooting into fastboot, then sending fastboot commands to flash the images for 2.1. once this reverted back the recovery image to stock. once finished i booted back into shield and allowed it to update, which, with the proper recovery installed, managed to update to 3.0. i then did a factory reset (just to be sure everything was fresh. thats usually how i do major version updates, personally). After that, I went back into fastboot, BOOTED twrp (not flashed recovery) and installed the supersu.zip i previously put on the shield when i did the 3.0 refresh.
Sorry this is just a quick dirty rundown on what i did. Make sure to follow proper steps provided here:
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
http://nvidiashieldzone.com/shield-android-tv/root-shield-android-tv-2/
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(little bit browsing for appropriate folder then walk through factory reset procedure for automatic upgrade ??? !!!!) yes u can do that if you already on 2.1, but if you on 3.0 vulkan without stock recovery? and my way bit faster is (just navigate to appropriate folder for ota) ---- after upgrading 3.0 you can do factory reset through twrp or through system it self.
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Neo3D said:
Thanks!
I just started looking in all the folders and found the ota.zip file. Mine was located in:
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/data/data/com.nvidia.ota/cache/
However, I have a new problem now. I keep getting this error:
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This package is for "foster" devices; this is a "shieldtablet"
E:Error executing updater library in zip '@/cache/recovery/block.map'
E:Error installing zip file '@/cache/recovery/block.map'
I don't want to do a stock reset because that means I'll have to reinstall Kodi again. I don't want to lose all my preferences and settings in Kodi.
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start downloading ota....when its over dont restart just press home button on remote and go to es file explore (first enable root exlorer) ---- navigate device/data/data/com.nvida.ota/app_download/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.zip
copy that long name file with ending with .zip to somewhere like download folder ------------reboot to recovery and reflash
p.s. ota location path is from 16gb i have 500gb i have same path, should be on yours tooo. try
p.s. sorry for gave you wrong path first, didnt check personally my self
Thanks, I just had to flash the recovery image again for the update to work.
Nice. glad to hear thats all you needed to do. I had a feeling that might be the case, but i didn't want to suggest that in case it was wrong. lol